Happiness through Honorable Actions
Do you want to live with a strong sense of peacefulness, happiness, goodness, and self-respect? The collection of happiness actions broadly categorized as “honor” help you create this life of good feelings.
Here is an example to show how honorable actions create happiness.
Say a store clerk fails to charge us for an item. If we keep silent, and profit from the clerk’s mistake, we would drive home with a sense of mean excitement. Later we might tell our family of friends about our good fortune. On the other hand, if we tell the clerk about the uncharged item, the clerk would be grateful and thank us for our honesty. We would leave the store with a quiet sense of honor that we might never share with another soul.
Then, what is it to do with our sense of happiness?
In the first case, where we don’t tell the clerk, a couple of things would happen. Deep down inside we would know ourselves as a type of thief. In the process, we would lose some peace of mind and self-respect. We would also demonstrate that we cannot be trusted, since we advertise our dishonor by telling our family and friends. We damage our own reputations by telling others. In contrast, bringing the error to the clerk’s attention causes different things to happen. Immediately the clerk knows us to be honorable. Upon leaving the store, we feel honorable and our self-respect is increased. Whenever we take honorable action we gain the deep internal rewards of goodness and a sense of nobility.
There is a beautiful positive cycle that is created by living a life of honorable actions. Honorable thoughts lead to honorable actions. Honorable actions lead us to a happier existence. And it’s easy to think and act honorably again when we’re happy. While the positive cycle can be difficult to start, once it’s started, it’s easy to continue. Keeping on doing good deeds brings us peace of mind, which is important for our happiness.
小題1: According to the passage, the positive action in the example contributes to our ______.
A．self-respect B．financial rewards
C．a(chǎn)dvertising abilityD．friendly relationship
小題2:The author thinks that keeping silent about the uncharged item is equal to ______.
A．lyingB．stealingC．cheatingD．a(chǎn)dvertising
小題3:The underlined phrase “bringing the error to the clerk’s attention” means ______.
A．offering advice to the clerk B．telling the truth to the clerk
C．a(chǎn)sking the clerk to be more attentiveD．reminding the clerk of the charged item
小題4:How does the positive cycle work according to the author?

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:B
小題4:C

試題分析: 本文是篇議論文，文章指出過高尚的生活，造就美好的正循環(huán)生活。高尚思想造就高尚行為，高尚行為造就幸福的存在。有了幸福感，再次思想高尚，行為得體就很容易。盡管正循環(huán)開始難，而一旦開始了，就容易持續(xù)下去。不斷做好事給我們以心靈的寧靜，這對幸福非常重要
小題1:A 細(xì)節(jié)推斷題。根據(jù)第五段中的Upon leaving the store,we feel honorable and our self-respect is increased.可判斷出積極的行為可以增強(qiáng)我們的自尊心， 所以選A項(xiàng)。
小題2:B細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第五段中的In the first case,when we don’t tell the clerk,a couple of things would happen.Deep down inside we would know ourselves as a type of thief.可判斷出作者認(rèn)為如果對沒有付款的東西保持沉默，是一種盜竊行為。所以選B項(xiàng)。
小題3: B 猜測詞義題。根據(jù)第五段中的Immediately the clerk knows us to be honorable.可判斷出bringing the error to the clerk’s attention意思是告訴售貨員真相，所以選B項(xiàng)。
小題4:C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段提到的Honorable thoughts lead to honorable actions. Honorable actions lead us to a happier existence.可知選 有Honorable thoughts再有honorable actions，再有a happier existence，再根據(jù)最后一段第一句話提到There is a beautiful positive cycle that is created by living a life of honorable actions.他們會形成一個良性循環(huán)，故選C項(xiàng)。
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